M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 349)

Chapter 17: Playing Back Track Material 331
To begin playing from a specific point within a
track:
1 Make sure that Options > Link Timeline and Edit
Selection is enabled.
2 With the Selector tool, click in the track where
you want playback to begin.
3 Start playback.
4 Stop playback.
To jump to a different location and begin playing
from there, do one of the following:
„
When playback is stopped, click with the Se-
lector tool at the point you want to start play-
back and click Play in the Transport window.
– or –
„ During playback, click the new location in
any Timebase Ruler.
With the Timeline and Edit selections linked,
you can click a region or MIDI note with the
Time Grabber tool to automatically update the
Timeline with the selection’s start time, letting
you play from that point.
Setting Playback Location with
Basic Transport Controls
Transport controls in the Transport window and
top of the Edit window can be used to move the
playback location. These include Rewind, Fast
Forward, and Return to Zero (to move playback
location to the beginning of the session). For
more information, see “Basic Transport Con-
trols and Counters” on page 135.
Setting Playback Location with
the Main Counter or Edit Selection
Start Indicator
To set the playback location using a Main Counter
(or the Edit Selection Start indicator):
1 Do one of the following:
• Click in one of the counters.
– or –
• Press asterisk (*) on the numeric keypad to
highlight the Main Counter in the Edit
window (or the Main Counter in the Trans-
port window or Big Counter window, if ei-
ther are displayed).
2 Type in the new location. Press Period (.) to cy-
cle through to the different time fields.
3 Press Enter to accept the new value and auto-
matically locate there.
Setting Playback Location with
Fast Forward/Rewind
You can use the Fast Forward and Rewind but-
tons in the Transport window to move the play-
back location. If the Operation preference for Au-
dio During Fast Forward/Rewind
is selected, the
scanned audio is heard (similar to a CD player)
when clicking the Fast Forward and Rewind but-
tons.
You can also fast forward or rewind incremen-
tally by repeatedly clicking the appropriate but-
ton. The size of these increments is determined
by the Main Time Scale:
Bars|Beats Moves to the beginning of the previ-
ous or next bar.
Min:Sec Moves back or forward in one-second
steps.